New Type of Leadership and Essay

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The size of the army reached nearly 200,000 (Everitt 2007). Augustus also instituted programs to provide additional payments to both retired and active Roman soldiers for their duties.

Widespread efforts were made by Augustus to reduce unnecessary excess by government while increasing spending on beneficial programs that presented utility rather than the perception of power (Everitt 2007). Consistent with these efforts, Augustus melted down dozens of silver and gold statues constructed in his likeness to emphasis the importance of modesty and the dangers of excess (Everitt 2007).

Augustus' institution of regulated taxation provided dramatically increased revenue for Rome and allowed for the increased expenses of social reform (Everitt 2007; Suetonius, Graves, and Grant 2002).
Similarly, private taxation was abolished and increased the taxation purview of the Roman governance (Everitt 2007). Augustus prudently utilized the nascent taxation reform to provide funding for the maintenance of extensive road networks throughout Italy, among the various other public projects (Everitt 2007).

On his deathbed, Augustus is purported to have said "Behold, I found Rome of clay, and leave her to you of marble" or "I found Rome in bricks, and leave her to you of marble," commenting on the vast transformation that Rome underwent during Augustus' leadership (Everitt 2007; Suetonius, Graves, and Grant Augustus' remarkable public and social reformations and revitalization of government and its role within the public life solidified him.....

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